I work for an engineering consulting firm that evaluates buildings, roads and bridges. I was just out doing an evaluation on bridges in Kane County. Not good. Illinois has at least 2,000 structurally deficient bridges in need of repair and over 50,000 deficient in the USA. I don’t think anyone even cares until someone dies when the bridge collapses. I’m just venting.

i remember when i was working my first job out of college at a paper mill, that there were two bridges that i needed to cross. and both bridges during my time working there ended up undergoing repair work. it was inconvenient but i understood that it was a good thing in the long run. probably with all the taxes ny is pretty good about that kind of stuff though.

Yeah, our failing infrastructure has been a huge problem for a long time. My ex was an engineer and there was one bridge in Baltimore County that he basically flat-out told me never to drive over. It's actually since been replaced (was high on the priority list even then), but it was on a major road, crossing a major river. Heavily traveled every day by commuters.

Its so depressing that we are not investing in our infrastructure. Our sewer and water system are older than bridges and will start failing. Its fine to spend 5 billion to build a meaningless border wall along Mexico but not invest in ourselves.

Oh my god please google the New Deal, since your high school teachers apparently completely failed you. We spent significant federal dollars on things like state roads, bridges, schools, courthouses, power grids, etc. in the past, and we could easily do so again.

On Tuesday 12/18/18 - 12:37:14 PM birdsong4j wrote:Oh my god please google the New Deal, since your high school teachers apparently completely failed you. We spent significant federal dollars on things like state roads, bridges, schools, courthouses, power grids, etc. in the past, and we could easily do so again.

On Tuesday 12/18/18 - 12:39:24 PM skirtgirl2 wrote:I'm just venting. I see all these threats to shut down the government over funding the border wall but nobody seems concerned about our failing infrastructure.

that was one of trump’s main campaign promises
putting a bunch of money toward infrastructure

“With the Trump Administration’s infrastructure proposal offering few federal funds and emphasizing state and local revenue streams, Illinois would need to generate more than $4.6 billion per year to bring all statewide transportation systems into a state of good repair. The report notes this would require a 347% increase in gasoline taxes and 365% increase in special fuel taxes, a 472% increase in vehicle registration fees, or a 4-5 cents per mile user fee charged to each Illinois driver.”